tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post1480680745205474726..comments2024-03-25T03:31:09.538-04:00Comments on markrothmansblog: Report Card---"The Wolf Of Wall Street"mark rothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-58450301642433724642014-02-17T20:39:13.382-05:002014-02-17T20:39:13.382-05:00Yep. Excellent point, Mark. Something like seven...Yep. Excellent point, Mark. Something like seventy-percent of movie critics loved THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, and *ninety*-something percent of them opened their legs for AMERICAN HUSTLE. <br /><br />Amazing.dbreckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777353045484625460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-42006072887217550222014-02-13T21:50:48.571-05:002014-02-13T21:50:48.571-05:00No reason to defend me on the basis of consensus. ...No reason to defend me on the basis of consensus. The consensus loved "The Wolf of Wall Street" too.mark rothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-10118696933809534222014-02-13T16:20:50.149-05:002014-02-13T16:20:50.149-05:00"If not, I suggest you have someone else guid..."If not, I suggest you have someone else guide you through your movie choices."<br /><br />Oh, Jesus, Mark, my comment probably wasn't very clear (and if it wasn't, I apologize). You aren't "guiding me through my movie choices," Mark. You never were. The only movie-watching "guidance" I look for online is of the consensus variety when I am on the fence about a particular title (thanks, Rotten Tomatoes!) I read critics for their insight, observations, prose style, etc. Pauline Kael, for example, is one critic whose opinions I seldom agreed with, but whose critiques were invariably trenchant, interesting, pointed, and lots of fun. I feel the same way about Anthony Lane. The guy's just a pleasure to read. <br /><br />Likewise, you Mark, are a dude with a blog whose work I have long admired, and on that blog you post movie reviews, some of which I agree with, and then there are...the rest. And we strongly disagree about AMERICAN HUSTLE. But if it means anything (and I know, I know -- it probably doesn't) most critics and filmgoers seem to agree with you, and HUSTLE right now is the odds-on favorite to win Best Picture.dbreckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777353045484625460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-51365462447193529982014-02-09T13:28:08.781-05:002014-02-09T13:28:08.781-05:00Obviously, I disagree with you. Do you usually ag...Obviously, I disagree with you. Do you usually agree with me? If not, I suggest you have someone else guide you through your movie choices.<br />This stuff is all subjective anyway. mark rothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-34295934543005845292014-02-09T00:13:23.025-05:002014-02-09T00:13:23.025-05:00"American Hustle tells a great linear story.&..."American Hustle tells a great linear story."<br /><br />Mark, the version I saw was anything but great, and anything but linear. It was actually a bloated, meandering, barely coherent mess -- chock full of big big Acting with a capital "A." The performers certainly looked like THEY were having fun. I just wish I could say the same. <br />dbreckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777353045484625460noreply@blogger.com